Improvement in axles



W. W. KISNER.

AXLES. A N0.171,73Z'. Patented Jan. 4,1876.

N-PETERS. FHOTO-LITHDGRAPHEFL WASHIJGTON. D45.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. KISNER, on GOSHEN, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN AXLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 17 1,732, dated January 4, 1876; application filed -October 9, 1875.

To all whom it. may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. KISNER, of Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Braces for Axles of Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip- 4 tion thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a carriage or wagon axle, having my improvement; and Fig. 2 is a top plan of part of the runninggear of a vehicle, the axle of which is provided with my improvement.

is affixed a wooden block, 0, which is bolted onto the axle A over its middle. D is the brace, which consists of an iron or steel strip bent into the configuration shown in Fig. 1, so that the ends of said brace abut against the collars of the axle, to which they are secured with the clips 0, that take the reachbraces E. A pad (denoted by d) is inserted between the axle and the brace where these come together at the collars, for the purpose of adding to the elasticity and. taking up any sudden shock or jerk when the wheels pass over an obstruction. The brace D is stayed upon the block 0 by the clips e, that stay the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto afiixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM W. KISNER.

Witnesses: HENRY E. BONFER,

. 'JoHN PAULUs. 

